The first female Concorde pilot flies for British Airways, Qantas drops the 707 and becomes all-747, Piedmont takes on the biggest 737 fleet, seven crashes on this day, and more...
Two crew members from the UK RAF ejected their Tornado GR4 before it burst into flames and crashed in the sea off the west coast of Scotland during a routine training mission.
Space Shuttle Atlantis, the United States' last serviceable manned spacecraft, launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:26am local time Friday.